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not all of them like boehner's trying to do now. at least half of them and you make up the difference with democrats. republican senators are no more interested in this house bill than democratic senators are. senator mccain going into this lunch with i'm told they were having spa getty repeated his assertion with the idea that we're going to do a balanced budget amendment to cap federal spending as 18% of the economy as bizarro. everyone on the senate side is expecting this to move into the middle. >> lori montgomery it's been an italian themed menu this week on capitol hill. pizza last night, spa getty for lunch. all good thins. maybe the only good thing out of the hill. >>> and this week nbc's brian williams takes us behind the scenes with unprecedented action to all the players in the debt showdown. as president obama said today he wants a compromise. what does majority leader reid really think about mitch mcconnell? >> how do you get along with mitch mcconnell? >> mitch and i are friends. we talk every day. i consider him a fin
not all of them like boehner's trying to do now. at least half of them and you make up the difference with democrats. republican senators are no more interested in this house bill than democratic senators are. senator mccain going into this lunch with i'm told they were having spa getty repeated his assertion with the idea that we're going to do a balanced budget amendment to cap federal spending as 18% of the economy as bizarro. everyone on the senate side is expecting this to move into the...
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john boehner, eric cantor, and paul ryan, and paul ryan and cantor are going to keep boehner to the right. i mean, cantor and ryan's advisors have told us privately there is no opening for tax revenue in this deal at all. i'm want sure if john boehner would do it independently of them, but the people that we've seen who have been completely ineffective are the people on the house armed services committee, the people who make these decisions usually, but the chairman has not been able to sway boehner at all. we've seen the stalemate because of that, and cantor and rooen are going to keep boehner on the right. >> people outside the process are saying this is the dumbest way to do business, to have a meat ax approach and have across the board cuts. yes, it does achieve some budget savings, but does it not in any kind of intelligent way of planning. >> which is why if you talk to the people on capitol hill, the people who are making these decisions, they say that down the road if there are huge economic damages -- i mean, we don't really know what's going to happen to the economy if the seque
john boehner, eric cantor, and paul ryan, and paul ryan and cantor are going to keep boehner to the right. i mean, cantor and ryan's advisors have told us privately there is no opening for tax revenue in this deal at all. i'm want sure if john boehner would do it independently of them, but the people that we've seen who have been completely ineffective are the people on the house armed services committee, the people who make these decisions usually, but the chairman has not been able to sway...
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the boehner plan has that. the hard trigger in the boehner plan is you don't get another debt limit increase until you do this. i think the way those two can be melted together, first and foremost, we've got to see the house vote on the boehner plan, got to deal with that one way or the other in the senate. i would like to see us pass it in the senate. you may be right, i think the democrats are unifying against it. but that is going to force us to figure out from that point forward, go back to the drawing board and determine how we get this thing done but it's got to happen soon and it's going to require i think a meaningful commitment to spending reform, spending reductions and a pathway to entitlement reform before you are going to get much republican support for it. >> john thune, thanks so much, senator. thanks for joining us. >>> the sounds of silence. who is missing in action on the debt ceiling debate? the politico briefing up next. >>> in just a few minutes, at 1:30 eastern, speaker john boehner holds
the boehner plan has that. the hard trigger in the boehner plan is you don't get another debt limit increase until you do this. i think the way those two can be melted together, first and foremost, we've got to see the house vote on the boehner plan, got to deal with that one way or the other in the senate. i would like to see us pass it in the senate. you may be right, i think the democrats are unifying against it. but that is going to force us to figure out from that point forward, go back to...
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. >> right now boehner unplugged. there's still no help for a sequester deal. >> we have moved in the house twice. we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. >> the republican leadership says let the senate begin. i remind them that the constitution says the appropriations in revenue bills must begin in the house. >> and now here we are. with the praez presenting the country with two options. >> what's the country think of this blame game? coming up an exclusive first look at our new nbc news-wall street journal poll as president obama takes his p.r. campaign on the sequester on the road to a naval shipyard in virginia. >> for example, i'll be in the tide water region of virginia where workers will sit idle when they should be repairing ships and a carrier sits idle when it should be deploying to the persian gulf. >> we'll have live coverage of the president's speech minutes from now. plus, the last hurdle for hagel. the senate moves towards a final confirm
. >> right now boehner unplugged. there's still no help for a sequester deal. >> we have moved in the house twice. we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. >> the republican leadership says let the senate begin. i remind them that the constitution says the appropriations in revenue bills must begin in the house. >> and now here we are. with the praez presenting the country with two options. >> what's...
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after mccarthy, who seemed like a natural successor to boehner, paul ryan stepped in. he was the vice presidential nominee in 2012, but this has not necessarily been a mantel that it's always seemed he has worn comfortably. a quote that our producers are pointing out at the bottom of the story, he's quoted as telling friends, i didn't know slitting throats was part of my job. of course, he had a conference with franks who resigned after being accused of misconduct. we have not confirmed the contacts in that conversation, but clearly a topic of conversation is one that's starting to bubble up here on capitol hill today. andrea? >> everything might change depending on the outcome of the midterm elections. that all remains to be seen. kristen and kasie, thanks so much for being stalwarts on all of this. >>> roy moothe president not acknowledging the setback of the election in alabama. let's get some words from chief correspondent who wrote that piece, and msnbc political analyst, heidi prizbollah, and a "new york times" reporter. you all have so many titles. i'm going to
after mccarthy, who seemed like a natural successor to boehner, paul ryan stepped in. he was the vice presidential nominee in 2012, but this has not necessarily been a mantel that it's always seemed he has worn comfortably. a quote that our producers are pointing out at the bottom of the story, he's quoted as telling friends, i didn't know slitting throats was part of my job. of course, he had a conference with franks who resigned after being accused of misconduct. we have not confirmed the...
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what speaker boehner's next move here? plus, the justice department announces a plan to sue north carolina alleging racial discrimination in the state's voter i.d. law. a lot of developments in the next hour. stick around, we'll be up in three minutes. in the nation, sometimes bad things happen. add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance and we'll replace stolen or destroyed items with brand-new versions. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. ♪ [ dad ] jan? >>> i'm tamron hall, "news nation" is following big breaking news. senate reconvening right now to take action that could determine whether the government would shut down in ten hours and cost taxpayers 40 to $80 million a day. the house approved the bill on sunday and that refuses to fund the government past midnight tonight unless key parts of the president's healthcare law are delayed by a year. in j
what speaker boehner's next move here? plus, the justice department announces a plan to sue north carolina alleging racial discrimination in the state's voter i.d. law. a lot of developments in the next hour. stick around, we'll be up in three minutes. in the nation, sometimes bad things happen. add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance and we'll replace stolen or destroyed items with brand-new versions. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ is that...
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john boehner is proposing a short-term extension of the debt ceiling. this is acceptable to the white house, you think? and that means leave the government shut down while the debts ceiling is resolved? >> well, you mow, andrea, a white house official sent out a statement soon after john boehner made this proposal. the proposal, as i read it at least is sort of two-pronged. the first prong is that we will bring up a clean -- a debt ceiling increase without anything else attached to it, if you, the white house and senate democrats, agree to enter into a larger budgetary negotiation bargain compromise with us, moving forward that would both reopen the government and address longer term spending issues. so, there's so many questions, it seems to me. one of which it is john boehner get a clean debt ceiling bill through the house with a majority of republican votes. we know he can get one with the majority of democratic votes, does he want to do that. and, two, does the white house seem could be signaling, yes, president obama would sign a clean debt ceiling
john boehner is proposing a short-term extension of the debt ceiling. this is acceptable to the white house, you think? and that means leave the government shut down while the debts ceiling is resolved? >> well, you mow, andrea, a white house official sent out a statement soon after john boehner made this proposal. the proposal, as i read it at least is sort of two-pronged. the first prong is that we will bring up a clean -- a debt ceiling increase without anything else attached to it, if...
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that base is menacing john boehner, menacing john boehner as well. he seems to have moved past that. we'll see what the speaker can do. >> one of the things that happened over the weekend is susan collins had a deal, the white house pulled the plug on it, rejected it. we know the president has gone to martha's table, which is an extraordinary organization, a shelter and food bank here that helps children and families. we're going to see that very shortly. this is a shelter. as you see, the president is at martha's table. david, i want to play this now as it's coming in from the pool, this is where furloughed federal workers have been helping out. >> and they do a great job all year-round making sure folks in need are able to get nutritious meals that are so important to families. so we very much appreciate them and appreciate martha's table. we come here usually on thanksgiving with the family to do great work. part of the reason i'm here today is we've got a lot of volunteers here who are furloughed federal workers. these are folks who have not been
that base is menacing john boehner, menacing john boehner as well. he seems to have moved past that. we'll see what the speaker can do. >> one of the things that happened over the weekend is susan collins had a deal, the white house pulled the plug on it, rejected it. we know the president has gone to martha's table, which is an extraordinary organization, a shelter and food bank here that helps children and families. we're going to see that very shortly. this is a shelter. as you see,...
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. >> on this speaker john boehner and democratic leader nancy pelosi show a united front. >> something that the united states as a country needs to do. i'm going to support the president's call for action. i believe with my colleagues should support this call for action. >> it is really something that from a humanitarian standpoint cannot be ignored or we cannot say never again. >> the resolution faces its first big test when the president's war council faces questioning from the senate foreign relations committee. i talked to the chairman and a key supporter of authorizing the strikes. first could the president's about-face on getting approval backfire. a warning from senator john mccain who wants a tougher response than the president is planning. >> and now after saying that he would launch strikes is now referring to congress for their approval or disapproval. it's a very difficult game that he's playing. the stakes are incredibly high. >> and never give up. 64-year-old diana nyad's message after her triumphant 110 mile swim from cuba to the florida keys. >> you never are too old to
. >> on this speaker john boehner and democratic leader nancy pelosi show a united front. >> something that the united states as a country needs to do. i'm going to support the president's call for action. i believe with my colleagues should support this call for action. >> it is really something that from a humanitarian standpoint cannot be ignored or we cannot say never again. >> the resolution faces its first big test when the president's war council faces questioning...
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, boehner. watchful. >> we read the personal kaem e. chemistry, the president and boehner got along, played golf, tried to do the big dial we thought both sides wanted to and there was the back and forth over who was responsible for upping the ante, from your perspective, being inside, how much friction is there between boehner and the white house? >> well, it's -- there's no particular friction right now, just because there's nothing in the way of legislative activity taking place now. i mean apart from appropriations bills and -- >> it's going to come to a head in the fall and certainly in the lame duck. >> certainly will. in the lame duck we'll see this again. the dynamic at play is within the republican conference rather than between bayoehner and obam per se. boehner wanted to cut a deal with obama but for all of the varying accounts of who was to blame for pulling out earlier, the reality is that speaker boehner did not have votes in his own conference, in particularly amongst a lot of the
, boehner. watchful. >> we read the personal kaem e. chemistry, the president and boehner got along, played golf, tried to do the big dial we thought both sides wanted to and there was the back and forth over who was responsible for upping the ante, from your perspective, being inside, how much friction is there between boehner and the white house? >> well, it's -- there's no particular friction right now, just because there's nothing in the way of legislative activity taking place...
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listen, i give boehner credit here, i think he understands this. we cannot go through another process of hostage taking where they take us to the brink. there's nothing out there to be gained. when you see senator demint saying the same thing, there's nothing to be gained here. let's come together and do something in the interest of the american people. that will benefit the president, because this is his initiative. but more importantly it will benefit the american people and that is what it should be all about. so, i think we hope, that we are able to get this passed before the 29th of february, but right now, all indications are that we are leading up to another hostage taking situation. >> let's go to worse case scenario here, i heard this in a briefing, and i can not say how i heard it, there's a concern at the administration at the highest level that there's three ways that the economy can stop recovering and we now the economy is getting better. the unemployment is down to low eights now and hopefully below eight by the election. but the rep
listen, i give boehner credit here, i think he understands this. we cannot go through another process of hostage taking where they take us to the brink. there's nothing out there to be gained. when you see senator demint saying the same thing, there's nothing to be gained here. let's come together and do something in the interest of the american people. that will benefit the president, because this is his initiative. but more importantly it will benefit the american people and that is what it...
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the one way out of this right now is to for john boehner to take up the senate bill. it will solve the problem. it will bring everybody back to the table when they come back after christmas and insure that we can pass a year-long extension. but in the short-term, why can't they take this action to insure that middle class americans can go into the holidays, knowing that their taxes are not going to go up? >> stephanie cutter, deputy campaign manager for the obama re-election campaign, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >>> eight u.s. soldiers have been charged in connection to the shooting death of a fellow soldier, army private danny chen. a spokesperson for chen's parents reacted on their behalf this morning. >> we are cautiously optimistic about today's news. the people responsible for his death must not only be charged, but they must be found guilty. of killing him. >> jim miklaszewski is nbc's chief pentagon correspondent. mik, chen died in early october. what's happened since then? >> the army launched an intensive investigation. and this really is a tragedy o
the one way out of this right now is to for john boehner to take up the senate bill. it will solve the problem. it will bring everybody back to the table when they come back after christmas and insure that we can pass a year-long extension. but in the short-term, why can't they take this action to insure that middle class americans can go into the holidays, knowing that their taxes are not going to go up? >> stephanie cutter, deputy campaign manager for the obama re-election campaign,...
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john boehner. are there a lot more than that if it comes to a vote? i'm skeptical they would put their names down on something they would not expect to succeed. >> what about the rebuke to ted cruz? mitch mcconnell showed his savvy and his support. you've got orrin hatch, you've got lemar alexander, they're all lining up to say to ted cruz not so fast young man. he only got three votes on this procedural motion among the senate republicans. >> ted cruz not popular even among people in his own party. but it does create a kind of calculation for democrats. if this came up for a vote in the house, for instance what should house democrats do? we saw nancy pelosi's office coming out today with a statement saying basically that mark meadows had a point that the house wasn't very functional. are house democrats better off creating some turmoil on the other side or would they be undoing any possibility to getting some things through that they want to get through that john boehner might be in a position to
john boehner. are there a lot more than that if it comes to a vote? i'm skeptical they would put their names down on something they would not expect to succeed. >> what about the rebuke to ted cruz? mitch mcconnell showed his savvy and his support. you've got orrin hatch, you've got lemar alexander, they're all lining up to say to ted cruz not so fast young man. he only got three votes on this procedural motion among the senate republicans. >> ted cruz not popular even among people...
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. >> thank you, speaker boehner. it's not until you hold this gavel, stand in this spot, look out and see all 435 members of this house as if all america's sitting right in front of you, it's not until then that you feel it. the weight of responsibility. the gravity of the moment. >>> the battle in boulder. the student schools the teacher as marco rubio beats jeb bush at his own game. >> when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term. and you should be showing up to work. i mean, literally, the senate, what is it, like a french work week, you get like three days where you have to show up? >> well, let me tell you, i don't remember you ever complaining about john mccain's vote record. the only reason why you're doing it now is because we're running for the same position and someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you. >>> and political playbook. the candidates try to score with a hit on the media. >> wait a second. we have $19 trillion in debt. we have people out of work. we have isis and a
. >> thank you, speaker boehner. it's not until you hold this gavel, stand in this spot, look out and see all 435 members of this house as if all america's sitting right in front of you, it's not until then that you feel it. the weight of responsibility. the gravity of the moment. >>> the battle in boulder. the student schools the teacher as marco rubio beats jeb bush at his own game. >> when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term. and you should be showing up to...
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how john boehner handles this. look, we've been -- i feel like it's meet the new boss same as the old boss. we've been through this before. he has struggled to unite or come close to uniting the republican conference behind what he strategically wants. and nancy pelosi has been less than willing to let democrats peel off to support something to help john boehner out. in many ways, we're right back where we were with fiscal cliff and a lot of these other brinksmanship moments. same working dynamic, at least as of today. >> and ted cruz, as you can see is speaking as we speak. he's been calling the obama executive order amnesty, which arguably it is not. this is ted cruz right now. let's hear. >> one month ago, on election day, america had a referendum on amnesty. the president rightly said his policies were on the ballot all across the country. and republicans, republican candidates in the house, republican candidates in the senate campaigned across this country, and they said two things to the american people. if y
how john boehner handles this. look, we've been -- i feel like it's meet the new boss same as the old boss. we've been through this before. he has struggled to unite or come close to uniting the republican conference behind what he strategically wants. and nancy pelosi has been less than willing to let democrats peel off to support something to help john boehner out. in many ways, we're right back where we were with fiscal cliff and a lot of these other brinksmanship moments. same working...
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john boehner accused the president of taking a nap while this all occurred. interestingly enough, boehner is also making this play where he's roping in libya, syria and egypt as an overall failure of president obama. saying under president obama there's been a spread of terrorism which is some really harsh rhetoric from boehner. he's usually been one of the gop leaders that's exercised caution in terms of going after the president when it comes to foreign policy. interestingly enough on the other side of the aisle there is a little bit of hesitancy from democrats about this move of having 100 special forces troops. i asked nancy pelosi if she was supportive of this. she wanted to hear more details but then looked me dead in the eye and said i'm always very cautious about a number of special forces troops because they always seem to increase as time goes on. and there is some consternation within that caucus about as you had barbara boxer on earlier today, making a move to be too far into iraq and being involved in it. a lot of these folks supported president
john boehner accused the president of taking a nap while this all occurred. interestingly enough, boehner is also making this play where he's roping in libya, syria and egypt as an overall failure of president obama. saying under president obama there's been a spread of terrorism which is some really harsh rhetoric from boehner. he's usually been one of the gop leaders that's exercised caution in terms of going after the president when it comes to foreign policy. interestingly enough on the...
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this morning speaker boehner and -- have a breakfast with television anchors and correspondentses. he said he doesn't think that the president has the gouts make tough schoisz. that's not someone that sounds like you're going to make a deal with. >> at the same time the president jean sperling from the white house economic council said that the president does believe that there have to be some entitlement cuts. he that issed to joe scarborough today. i think they're trying to reserve some running room here for real negotiations, and i have been told mike and chris that democrats on the hell think that the senate democrats at least think that john boehner is ready to make a deal for all the tough talk going into this. >> he is being outflanked by eric cantor, and he is ready to negotiate. >> i think the problem, though, andrea, is it's two-fold. first john boehner has said publicly i'm not getting into any more one-on-one negotiations with the president. you know, maybe is he going to do a broader negotiation, but ultimately it's hard to imagine that statement -- adding to john boeh
this morning speaker boehner and -- have a breakfast with television anchors and correspondentses. he said he doesn't think that the president has the gouts make tough schoisz. that's not someone that sounds like you're going to make a deal with. >> at the same time the president jean sperling from the white house economic council said that the president does believe that there have to be some entitlement cuts. he that issed to joe scarborough today. i think they're trying to reserve some...
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obviously two key players are john boehner and the president. look, i would say -- i heard your previous speakers, if you will. i think it's so much easier, andrea, just to lay out the policy now than it is to try to negotiate a two-step or three-step process. i've written a 242-page bill that lays out the policies. the tax portions are just four pages long, so i sure hope that people will stop talking about the fact this is just too hard to do. we have a menu of options, all of which have been scored. this congress has had two dry runs. we've been through this more than any congress ever in the history of our country. and really, we just have to make some tough decisions. they're going to be equally painful three months from now, nine months from now, two years from now. as a matter of fact, at that point they'll have to be even more draconian. we can do this now, we know what the options are. let's make the decisions, get them behind us. it does appear that speaker boehner and the president are open to talking about revenues with entitlement r
obviously two key players are john boehner and the president. look, i would say -- i heard your previous speakers, if you will. i think it's so much easier, andrea, just to lay out the policy now than it is to try to negotiate a two-step or three-step process. i've written a 242-page bill that lays out the policies. the tax portions are just four pages long, so i sure hope that people will stop talking about the fact this is just too hard to do. we have a menu of options, all of which have been...
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. >> what about "the wall street journal" editorial from mcconnell and boehner? they are still talking about repealing obamacare. is that a red flag they are waving in front of you? >> there is a lot of talk about red flags and otherwise? >> there is a lot of talk about the one i grew up in and the president grew up in. they have the same kind of chances we all had as we were growing up. that's what we want to work on. they had some things in the op ed that were really attractive and some things the president said yesterday that we are going to disagree with. that's the music of democracy. that's what we do as we debate and try to come to resolution. that's what the president said yesterday. he is determined to do this, to work to get things done, to get results so that the american people feel that washington is doing work on their behalf rather than on its own behalf. >> let me ask you about the president's state of mind right now. there is a lot of reporting after the election that he does not blame himself. he is resisting taking the blame saying that the peo
. >> what about "the wall street journal" editorial from mcconnell and boehner? they are still talking about repealing obamacare. is that a red flag they are waving in front of you? >> there is a lot of talk about red flags and otherwise? >> there is a lot of talk about the one i grew up in and the president grew up in. they have the same kind of chances we all had as we were growing up. that's what we want to work on. they had some things in the op ed that were...
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boehner said me lighting a fire or waving a red flag in front of a bull. shouldn't congress legislate? >> congress should legislate, but congress hasn't been legislating. to be frank, i think i'm satisfied with the senate bill. they will pass and move on. i don't think they want to. they talk a good game, but they don't do anything. he said i have two years and i'm going to get something done. you have a bill and you have a decent bill. let's get to pass and move on. >> thanks for being with us. 25 years ago, the berlin wall came down and nbc's tom bra caw was the only anchor broadcasting live for the historic moment that marked the end of the cold war. he once returned to the city where the lessons are still very fresh. >> it is difficult to believe the berlin of today was once ground zero for the war and history is everywhere if you know where to look. it can erase all the traces of epic struggle for freedom by ordinary people who found their own extraordinary bravery. this wall has been converted from a symbol of oppression to a monument to liberty and
boehner said me lighting a fire or waving a red flag in front of a bull. shouldn't congress legislate? >> congress should legislate, but congress hasn't been legislating. to be frank, i think i'm satisfied with the senate bill. they will pass and move on. i don't think they want to. they talk a good game, but they don't do anything. he said i have two years and i'm going to get something done. you have a bill and you have a decent bill. let's get to pass and move on. >> thanks for...
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but it may be speaker boehner who has taken the biggest hit. joining me now for our "daily fix"s in contributor, politics.com, and here "usa today" washington bureau chief, susan page. thanks very much. chris, you've been writing been what happened on the house side. we heard from jim clyburn, the democratic perspective. but it's fair to say there was a compromise worked out by the chairman and the ranking member, the republican and the democrat, on the agriculture committee who are managing the bill. and then all hell broke loose. >> yeah, well -- >> doesn't that sort of go back to the republican leadership? >> yeah. look, republicans were insistent in the aftermath of the bill failing that colin peterson, the ranking member on the house agriculture committee, leading democrat, said he could deliver 40 votes. and 24 democrats wound up voting for it. still shall andrea, you know this from years of watching how congress works, the majority in the house should never lose a vote on the house floor, except under absolutely sort of extraordinary cir
but it may be speaker boehner who has taken the biggest hit. joining me now for our "daily fix"s in contributor, politics.com, and here "usa today" washington bureau chief, susan page. thanks very much. chris, you've been writing been what happened on the house side. we heard from jim clyburn, the democratic perspective. but it's fair to say there was a compromise worked out by the chairman and the ranking member, the republican and the democrat, on the agriculture committee...
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john boehner is supporting it, eric cantor is supporting it. they are not whipping the republicans. >> they're casting as a vote of conscience, they count as two votes, no more. >> andrea, my colleague has spent the last couple of days compiling statements, seeking out statements to try and get where everyone stands. what's fascinating, you saw about 150 members in the house who haven't really said anything yet, but if you add up those who have, which is right around 300, you have 133 either nos against the syrian resolution or leaning no. so, you know, those people may come out first. that's not to say that this is determinative. they may say, look, i'm not open to lobbying. it does show that particularly in the house john kerry, chuck hagel, president obama, vice president biden, nancy pelosi have a lot of work to do to get them a majority in the house and as chris van holland, member of the democratic leadership said on your show yesterday, he does not think the president should move forward with action if he doesn't get that vote. well, it'
john boehner is supporting it, eric cantor is supporting it. they are not whipping the republicans. >> they're casting as a vote of conscience, they count as two votes, no more. >> andrea, my colleague has spent the last couple of days compiling statements, seeking out statements to try and get where everyone stands. what's fascinating, you saw about 150 members in the house who haven't really said anything yet, but if you add up those who have, which is right around 300, you have...
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we have shawn spicer of the rnc with the latest out of the cpac meeting and john boehner takes sides on the clash between issa and cummings. chris van hollen weighs in soon. reacting with the new shake-up to the s.a.t. we have that in a mere 180 seconds. stay with us. so stuffed up, i can't rest. [ male announcer ] nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don't unstuff your nose. they don't? alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a decongestant. [ inhales deeply ] oh. what a relief it is. [ inhales deeply ] so i trioh. what a relief it is. ed dependales deeply ] so i it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. hi-ya! and i tried a baking class. one weekend can make all the difference. unlike the bargain brand, depend gives you the confidence of new fit-flex® protection. it's a smooth and comfortable fit with more lycra strands. it's our best protection. take your weekend on with a free sample at depend.com but there are some places even mr. clean doesn't want to lug a whole bunch of cleaning supplies. that's why h
we have shawn spicer of the rnc with the latest out of the cpac meeting and john boehner takes sides on the clash between issa and cummings. chris van hollen weighs in soon. reacting with the new shake-up to the s.a.t. we have that in a mere 180 seconds. stay with us. so stuffed up, i can't rest. [ male announcer ] nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don't unstuff your nose. they don't? alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a decongestant. [ inhales deeply ] oh. what a...
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now speaker boehner set a high bar for himself. he's said that he won't pass this just relying on democratic votes. which i think he could do. i still wonder, if when we come down to christmas eve that's what's going to happen. but if he's saying at the moment if it passes, it will be with republicans votes. >> jeffrey, so much going on in foreign policy. edward snowden. now we hear the venezuelan leader, obviously an anti-american state, had an energy summit in russia, is going to be there on sunday and reports out of caracas -- >> we were about to have an energy summit in the transit lounge of the moscow airport. >> who knows? would he be possibly taking snowden back on his plane with him? >> there is a possibility that venezuelan, ecuador, obviously the countries that are most in play. though there is some speculation about moscow. two interesting things are going on right now. one is that snowden's father is talking about conditions in which snowden would return to america. obviously as a father he's interested in having him ba
now speaker boehner set a high bar for himself. he's said that he won't pass this just relying on democratic votes. which i think he could do. i still wonder, if when we come down to christmas eve that's what's going to happen. but if he's saying at the moment if it passes, it will be with republicans votes. >> jeffrey, so much going on in foreign policy. edward snowden. now we hear the venezuelan leader, obviously an anti-american state, had an energy summit in russia, is going to be...
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more so i would, andrea, john boehner, the entire question about 2015 and 2016 what can he do to try to shield mitch mcconnell from taking tough votes on the senate floor. they are not going to like what president obama says and work on too much. it will be a fascinating thing to see develop andrea. >> luke russert, kelly o'donnell who will be here for all. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show online and on facebook. "ronan farrow daily" is up next. uh, and i know my iq. okay. uh, and i know-uh-i know what blood type i have. oh, wow! uh huh, yeah. i don't know my credit score. you don't know your credit score? --i don't know my credit score. that's really important. i mean -- i don't know my credit score. don't you want to buy a house...like, ever? you should probably check out credit karma, it's free. credit? karma? free?...so, that's... how much? that's how much it's free. credit karma really free credit scores. no credit card needed. you only know in a fire to get out, to escape and now ok you are outside and you are safe but what do you do n
more so i would, andrea, john boehner, the entire question about 2015 and 2016 what can he do to try to shield mitch mcconnell from taking tough votes on the senate floor. they are not going to like what president obama says and work on too much. it will be a fascinating thing to see develop andrea. >> luke russert, kelly o'donnell who will be here for all. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show online and on facebook. "ronan farrow...
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boehner and reid have complete division on what to do next. >> right. andrea, what you -- those two sound bites put on very stark display the challenge before both congressional leaders and president obama. if you look at the wide swath of public opinion on this, let's take a step outside of congress, people do not want troops on the ground. they do not want us engaged in a foreign war in iraq. it's a war-weary public. at the same time, john boehner saying we can't give up what we built there is also somewhat a powerful argument. the problem is, there is no simple solution that binds those two together and i think that's the reality that the president and probably john boehner and harry reid and nancy pelosi and others who are going to be there will have to confront. >> president obama will be meeting with john kerry later this afternoon. this was kerry moments ago. >> all of us in this room are regrettably much too aware of how toxic washington has become. turn on the tv or the radio, pick up the newspaper and sometimes it's very difficult to see where
boehner and reid have complete division on what to do next. >> right. andrea, what you -- those two sound bites put on very stark display the challenge before both congressional leaders and president obama. if you look at the wide swath of public opinion on this, let's take a step outside of congress, people do not want troops on the ground. they do not want us engaged in a foreign war in iraq. it's a war-weary public. at the same time, john boehner saying we can't give up what we built...
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that comes from boehner spokesman michael steele. office points out this is not a new position on the part of the house speaker. still, doesn't it suggest this is going to be really hard to get through congress. >> look, there's no question. this has been hard for a long time. not for american people, republican voters, democratic voters. but in washington some things that should be simple prove not to be every now and then. i'm optimistic about where we're headed with this. john boehner knows what it's like to face the threat of being fired. the threat of firing john boehner is based on partisan differences, job performance issues. what we're talking about here is protecting folks from being fired for who they are, for how they were born. >> i want to ask you about the executive order. i know there's been pressure on president obama to pass the executive order to accomplish similar things this legislation would accomplish. jay carney was asked about on gg enda through congress. there's concern if the president passes this executive
that comes from boehner spokesman michael steele. office points out this is not a new position on the part of the house speaker. still, doesn't it suggest this is going to be really hard to get through congress. >> look, there's no question. this has been hard for a long time. not for american people, republican voters, democratic voters. but in washington some things that should be simple prove not to be every now and then. i'm optimistic about where we're headed with this. john boehner...
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. >> does he need john boehner? does he need to have a better relationship with john boehner? to chuck's point earlier about mitch mcconnell, he's not going to do any deals with the democratic led white house on a grand bargain or anything else because of primary challenge in 2014. does president obama need a better relationship than he currently has which is basically no relationship with john boehner to get something big done? >> dennis is working on those relationships. maggie, what would you like to ask president obama today? >> i would like to ask him to explain the contradictory statements out of the white house and from him about the nsa surveillance program and what is the case and what isn't? >> all good questions. i think -- presumably some of those will be asked. thanks to you, chuck. god speed as you head to the white house where it will be an interesting press conference. >>> more rain is adding to the misery today in parts of the south and midwest already hit by flash flooding. firefighters had to rescue people from the roofs of their cars and homes thursday in n
. >> does he need john boehner? does he need to have a better relationship with john boehner? to chuck's point earlier about mitch mcconnell, he's not going to do any deals with the democratic led white house on a grand bargain or anything else because of primary challenge in 2014. does president obama need a better relationship than he currently has which is basically no relationship with john boehner to get something big done? >> dennis is working on those relationships. maggie,...
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so john boehner is certainly hearing not just from democrats and not just protests from people like joe biden but also some top republican foreign policy leaders over the past 20 to 30 years. >> let me ask you both finally whether netanyahu is correct to be concerned that this white house is rushing into an agreement, an ill considered agreement with iran one that cannot be adequately verified. >> let me -- i'll jump in first and then i will allow myself to be corrected here. yes, i think benjamin netanyahu and republicans on the hill believe that this president for all of his strengths, he is not such a great negotiator, that he's willing to give up too much to get a deal. and republicans on the hill don't trust this president to negotiate any better than netanyahu or a lot of israelis trust him. >> nick burns. >> andrea i negotiated as you know for the bush administration sanctions against iran was involved in that policy. i see president obama's policy in iran as a direct extension of what president george w. bush was trying to do. i see a unity between the two administrations. so i
so john boehner is certainly hearing not just from democrats and not just protests from people like joe biden but also some top republican foreign policy leaders over the past 20 to 30 years. >> let me ask you both finally whether netanyahu is correct to be concerned that this white house is rushing into an agreement, an ill considered agreement with iran one that cannot be adequately verified. >> let me -- i'll jump in first and then i will allow myself to be corrected here. yes, i...
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speaker boehner came, nancy pelosi, a host of other leaders showing up to cheer the teams on. all that political star power couldn't defeat the press team including our own white house producer. senator amy klobuchar and i did the play-by-play. bad news babes ended up winning 13-10. >>> time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. nicholas brand of seattle wanted to start a window washing business. to stand out, he wore a scottish kilt his wife made for him, called the company men in kilts and went door to door offering his services. the attention grabbing idea has grown to seven franchises with more in the pipeline. for more, watch "your business" sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. [ male announcer ] this is genco services -- mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ this is the bell on the cat. [ male announcer ] it's a
speaker boehner came, nancy pelosi, a host of other leaders showing up to cheer the teams on. all that political star power couldn't defeat the press team including our own white house producer. senator amy klobuchar and i did the play-by-play. bad news babes ended up winning 13-10. >>> time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. nicholas brand of seattle wanted to start a window washing business. to stand out, he wore a scottish kilt his wife made for him, called the company...
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a new week brings new opportunities for grid lock as speaker boehner -- joining me chris cizilla and managing editor of post politics.com and chuck todd, political director and host of the daily rundown. guys, busy weekend here in washington. and at every place i went, anybody i talked to, there was nothing but disappointment and the assumption as you've been saying, chuck, nothing will happen another two weeks because they're going to wait until the bitter end. >> does feel like since we're talking about led zeppelin, i'm still shaken by this, the unofficial led zeppelin four changed my life as an 11-year-old. i have it on lp of all things. communication breakdown and that's clearly what's going on here a little bit. there's a communication breakdown. but this still feels as if it's not panic mode yet and maybe i'm the naive one here, whistling pass -- >> no one has ever called you naive. >> it does feel as if we're two weeks away before you hit the panic button. once that weekend before the christmas holidays come, 14th, 15th, 16th if we were in the same place and two weeks from no
a new week brings new opportunities for grid lock as speaker boehner -- joining me chris cizilla and managing editor of post politics.com and chuck todd, political director and host of the daily rundown. guys, busy weekend here in washington. and at every place i went, anybody i talked to, there was nothing but disappointment and the assumption as you've been saying, chuck, nothing will happen another two weeks because they're going to wait until the bitter end. >> does feel like since...
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very, very important. >>. >> john boehner, from house republican men and women. >> yes. >> 19 members. >> 17 members, and i was surprised to see that some of the house republicans who have been supportive up to this point with whom we've been working weren't even on the letter. this was a whole new set of house republicans that joined together to say we need a bipartisan bill, we need to do it, we need to get it done now, take leadership, make it happen. >> kim, it's great to see you. >> my pleasure. mroo meanwhile, in detroit prosecutor there is on a crusade to help rape victims whose cases she believes were forgotten for decades because of evidence that was warehoused by police. thousands of rape kits that were never examined. >> we are potentially looking at at that time over 2,000 rape kits representing over 10,000 cases where women had reported, whose lives are sitting on the shelf. nobody cares. i was shocked. >> "rock center's" kate snow joins me now. kate, this is an astounding case. you have been investigating. this is based on this prosecutor and her belief. take us through
very, very important. >>. >> john boehner, from house republican men and women. >> yes. >> 19 members. >> 17 members, and i was surprised to see that some of the house republicans who have been supportive up to this point with whom we've been working weren't even on the letter. this was a whole new set of house republicans that joined together to say we need a bipartisan bill, we need to do it, we need to get it done now, take leadership, make it happen. >>...
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. >> these days the house republicans actually give john boehner a harder time than they give me, which means orange really is the new black. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the violence in ukraine is intensifying. today ukrainian officers, four officers have been killed, 30 more wounded. according to ukraine's interior ministry this is a mob on sunday stormed a police station in odessa freeing militants. riot police stood by as the crowd gathered and chanted. hours of bloody street clashes followed in what mike mcfaul calls a major escalation in this conflict. keir take it away. tell me what the latest is from the ground. >> andrea, in slo vafrpgz, heavy gunfire has been heard today and the news confirmed by the ukrainian ministry that a helicopter was shot down. that will be the third helicopter down we assume by pro-russia militia and hear it landed in water and people on board were not killed. they did survive. the ukrainians also claiming that pro-russia militia were using civilians as human shields and we've heard reports on the outskirts of vehicles coming out wi
. >> these days the house republicans actually give john boehner a harder time than they give me, which means orange really is the new black. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the violence in ukraine is intensifying. today ukrainian officers, four officers have been killed, 30 more wounded. according to ukraine's interior ministry this is a mob on sunday stormed a police station in odessa freeing militants. riot police stood by as the crowd gathered and chanted....
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>> well, i think what this reflects is a recognition by both speaker boehner and eric cantor that both their ambitions will be set back and the larger cause of house republicans will be set back if they don't move past this. to me the storage read a little like marriage counseling, you know, you never say thanks, well, you're always out late. it's not uncommon for these kind of divisions to take place, as you know, andrea, having covered the hill. these kind of divisions within parties, you've got ambitious people jostling for power take place. and it seems like instead of pretending it doesn't exist, they have decided to confront it directly. there are some real grievances and we've got to get along in spite of those grievance. >> and we should point out there are plenty of divisions and jealousies on the democratic side as well. >> kind of reminds me of a newsroom, andrea, if this rings true. >> not here at msnbc or nbc. >> of course not. >> up next, the planned parenthood funding controversy with susan g. komen for the ceo brinker, and barbara boxerand patty murray. this is "andrea
>> well, i think what this reflects is a recognition by both speaker boehner and eric cantor that both their ambitions will be set back and the larger cause of house republicans will be set back if they don't move past this. to me the storage read a little like marriage counseling, you know, you never say thanks, well, you're always out late. it's not uncommon for these kind of divisions to take place, as you know, andrea, having covered the hill. these kind of divisions within parties,...
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now, you know, speaker boehner has -- is for tax reform. he has a view that we shouldn't use that money for deficit reduction, but what the president finds encouraging is that, you know, we're in the same universe in terms of the types of -- the types of reform that we think needs to happen. the president has been willing to join entitlement reform. we're not there yet, and the president had a really good dinner yesterday. there's a lot of differences, but some common ground at least in wanting to tackle this problem and some common ground at least in wanting to avoid the sort of governing by crisis, so both the house and senate are getting ready to take up their budget resolutions. we think this is a positive development. i think that if congress were to use regular order where they are making budget decisions, not by crisis, but by their normal procedures that we could have a good discussion with them now about, you know, putting together this kind of tax reform and entitlement reform package that would get us where we want to be in terms
now, you know, speaker boehner has -- is for tax reform. he has a view that we shouldn't use that money for deficit reduction, but what the president finds encouraging is that, you know, we're in the same universe in terms of the types of -- the types of reform that we think needs to happen. the president has been willing to join entitlement reform. we're not there yet, and the president had a really good dinner yesterday. there's a lot of differences, but some common ground at least in wanting...
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. >> although john boehner did not get up for the 102-year-old woman. >> no, but he got up or other things too. please, it's at the end of the speech. >> what about marco rubio, there's been a lot of nitpicking. overall, it's a very hard job to give the response, the republican response. there's been very few examples, and you, chris, anyone who has given a democratic or republican response that has been effective. we saw bobby jindal with brian williams last night in a very effective interview. but we know how ineffective his response from new orleans was when he tried it. so what about marco rubio and his especially message. >> i feel like it's that infamous "sports illustrated" jinx. they put you on the cover, it's the worst possible thing for your career. >> unless you're wearing a bathing suit. >> well -- geez -- i'm not going -- i will not address. that. >> she is trying to suck you into a kate upton conversation. >> exactly. >> i'm fully hydrated and i'm just continuing forward. >> don't reach for your water. >> president of the united states is addressing the cabinet. the supreme c
. >> although john boehner did not get up for the 102-year-old woman. >> no, but he got up or other things too. please, it's at the end of the speech. >> what about marco rubio, there's been a lot of nitpicking. overall, it's a very hard job to give the response, the republican response. there's been very few examples, and you, chris, anyone who has given a democratic or republican response that has been effective. we saw bobby jindal with brian williams last night in a very...
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the fact that john boehner is retiring made this possible because it meant the last thing in the world he wanted to do was leave a parting gift to his successor, a debt ceiling fight and potential default on the u.s. debt. so none of the republicans want to do this but it was sort of the final vote for the voice of reason and fortunately they did it. >> and what is the impact economically? let's say there had been a fiscal cliff, falling over the fiscal cliff and a debt ceiling disaster? >> i would say the impact on the economy is -- there's a small positive in the short run for the gdp and there's sort of a large positive if you put it in the realm of the compared to what. so the small positive is there will be a little bit less fiscal drag because they're not going to have the fiscal cliff, they will sort out some of the uncertainties we are probably weighing on some investment, you will get a little bit of growth kick from it, but the bigger issue is every time we have actually had either a government shutdown or a fight over the debt ceiling, where we edged close to the brink, cons
the fact that john boehner is retiring made this possible because it meant the last thing in the world he wanted to do was leave a parting gift to his successor, a debt ceiling fight and potential default on the u.s. debt. so none of the republicans want to do this but it was sort of the final vote for the voice of reason and fortunately they did it. >> and what is the impact economically? let's say there had been a fiscal cliff, falling over the fiscal cliff and a debt ceiling disaster?...
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we know that the president has called both speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell. so he's reaching out to republicans. days ahead of the sequester kicking in. >> you know, andrea, congress is still out. let me remind everyone they don't come back until next week and seems reaching out to the offices, i could be wrong. congress could surprise me and get a huge deal done in a short period of time but gi mess is this is more about march 2nd and beyond than march 1st. i can't see a scenario right now if past is prologue where the sequester does not kick in on march 1st. >> you are not wrong, by the way. never are. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> that does it for us. join us on twitter. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. hello, tamron. >> hi. great to see you. next hour, house democrats meet on capitol hill in about 30 minutes. set your clock. they're going to discuss what would happen or could happen if the sequester takes effect as president obama continues to pressure republicans to support his plan to replace the cuts. plus, the latest on what
we know that the president has called both speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell. so he's reaching out to republicans. days ahead of the sequester kicking in. >> you know, andrea, congress is still out. let me remind everyone they don't come back until next week and seems reaching out to the offices, i could be wrong. congress could surprise me and get a huge deal done in a short period of time but gi mess is this is more about march 2nd and beyond than march 1st. i can't see a scenario...
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speak eer john boehner will be holding votes in the house today an immigration after a humiliating defeat yesterday causing congress to postpone its five-week summer recess. joining me for our daily fix, jeanne cummings, jonathan capehart and chuck todd, host of "msnbc's daily rundown." >> bring us up to date on what's happened so far today. last night this was the fifr test for the new house leadership absent eric cantor. >> they discovered they didn't have enough votes to pass their watered down bill and had to pull it. now what they've done today is added $35 million to the total. so it's a $694 million aid package for states along the border. that extra $35 million will -- the way they've structured it, would go straight to governor perry to help pay for new patrols along the border. and that seems to be enough to bring along the texas delegation and others. they also added another provision that would require the government to check the immigration status of the people who come to pick up any of the children who are there. so a few other things, they are trying to chip away and bring
speak eer john boehner will be holding votes in the house today an immigration after a humiliating defeat yesterday causing congress to postpone its five-week summer recess. joining me for our daily fix, jeanne cummings, jonathan capehart and chuck todd, host of "msnbc's daily rundown." >> bring us up to date on what's happened so far today. last night this was the fifr test for the new house leadership absent eric cantor. >> they discovered they didn't have enough votes...
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john boehner today, i pressed him about this. said the rnc, chamber of commerce all coming out in favor of this, marco rubio, you guys are really hanging him out to dry. this is not going to hurt had the party for latino voters for generations? he said the only way to fix a broken system is to have this border security. it will be any interesting to see how they would do any bill that could get democratic support. >> chris slis za, no politics are involved. >> i think there's nothing in this world you can say no politics is involved and i think that is in fact the case here, too. you know, luke hit on the problem, which is talk to anyone who has a horse in the race in 2016. talk to any national republican strategist who is sort of looking at the republican party at large and they will tell you we have to get immigration reform off the table. we have to figure out a way to yes on this. not because that's going to win us every hispanic vote but by not doing it we'll never have a chance of winning it. if you're a house republican th
john boehner today, i pressed him about this. said the rnc, chamber of commerce all coming out in favor of this, marco rubio, you guys are really hanging him out to dry. this is not going to hurt had the party for latino voters for generations? he said the only way to fix a broken system is to have this border security. it will be any interesting to see how they would do any bill that could get democratic support. >> chris slis za, no politics are involved. >> i think there's...
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and he spoke to the hastert rule which is whether or not john boehner introduces legislation to the floor of the house that doesn't have the support of the majority of the majority. he has broken that multiple times this year already and i would tend to agree with the president that -- president clinton that it has been to the benefit of the american public but you can see even in this week alone that boehner is really conflicted by that. earlier this week he said yes, definitely, we are going to get immigration reform passed, a bill on the president's desk. it seems to sort of mitigate those comments, walk them back a little bit, because he is in this position, which he has been in for quite some time, between a very restive, very vocal conservative minority and a party that wants to move forward on a piece of legislation that will stand in much better stead with the american public in years and elections to come. >> certainly going to be a big issue in 2016. speaking of which, mark murray is at the faith in freedom conference in washington. so mark, what are some of the themes? is immig
and he spoke to the hastert rule which is whether or not john boehner introduces legislation to the floor of the house that doesn't have the support of the majority of the majority. he has broken that multiple times this year already and i would tend to agree with the president that -- president clinton that it has been to the benefit of the american public but you can see even in this week alone that boehner is really conflicted by that. earlier this week he said yes, definitely, we are going...
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john boehner and republican heads of the house saying they would back this. on this issue as on others -- >> there is a time that would be all the president needed. but times have changed. chris lizza, susan page, thanks for joining us. chris we'll see you at the end of the show. >>> during today's press conference in st. petersburg, president obama said he understands what lawmakers are hearing back home and where those frustrated constituents are coming from. >> i knew this was going to be a heavy lift. i said that on saturday when i said we're going to take it to congress. our polling operations are pretty good. i tend to have a pretty good sense of what current popular opinion is. and for the american people who have been through over a decade of war now with enormous sacrifice and blood and pressure, any hint of further military entanglements in the middle east are going to be viewed with suspicion. >> joining me now, the pride of patterson, new jersey, congressman bill pascrell. thanks for being on the show, sir. >> luke, how are you today? >> very well
john boehner and republican heads of the house saying they would back this. on this issue as on others -- >> there is a time that would be all the president needed. but times have changed. chris lizza, susan page, thanks for joining us. chris we'll see you at the end of the show. >>> during today's press conference in st. petersburg, president obama said he understands what lawmakers are hearing back home and where those frustrated constituents are coming from. >> i knew...
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john boehner on the delay. jon stewart had three separate segments dedicated to tearing apart implementation of obama care one way or another. the first 10.5 minutes of basically 22-minute show once you subtract for commercials. we've seen all kind of data about the young viewership of jon stewart. pew did a poll about how viewership excuse. the colbert report was the only show who had more young people 18 to 29 watching it than "the daily show." jon stewart will make or break this. i do think you have him on a full assault on it. i would add earlier in the month he had kathleen sebelius on and really grilled her over the law and its implementation. it's certainly not helpful to a president who now is in the realm of selling the implementation and the public perception tuckly to young people who obama administration should be the most positive because they can gain so much from the law. >> good point, chris. ruth, i want to turn to you. chris raises the point of public perception. problems mount by the day. we'
john boehner on the delay. jon stewart had three separate segments dedicated to tearing apart implementation of obama care one way or another. the first 10.5 minutes of basically 22-minute show once you subtract for commercials. we've seen all kind of data about the young viewership of jon stewart. pew did a poll about how viewership excuse. the colbert report was the only show who had more young people 18 to 29 watching it than "the daily show." jon stewart will make or break this. i...
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the one people will pay most attention to is what number john boehner gets. he does have a primary and has spent money. we know that the fight john boehner is fighting here in washington, which is sort of that tea party wing who just won't go along with him, it's reflected there. he has a challenge from his idealogical right. he's going to win. we'll look at what number he gets and what that tells us even in the speaker's own district how much dissent there is for being a member of the republican establishment. >> if there were ever a case -- i want to go to one that is not today. you have to look at this ad from iowa, a seat long held by this launch liberal, tom harkin. we know his record. you've got to look at this republican ad. it's joni earnst her ad against bruce bailey. just watch. >> she's not your typical candidate, conservative joni ernst, carries more than just lipstick in her purse. she will take aim at wasteful spending and once she sets her sights on obamacare, joni is going to unload. one more thing, joni doesn't miss much. >> give me a shot. i
the one people will pay most attention to is what number john boehner gets. he does have a primary and has spent money. we know that the fight john boehner is fighting here in washington, which is sort of that tea party wing who just won't go along with him, it's reflected there. he has a challenge from his idealogical right. he's going to win. we'll look at what number he gets and what that tells us even in the speaker's own district how much dissent there is for being a member of the...
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if you look at comments john boehner made after the 2012 elections it was about, you know showing an attitude toward the possibility of comprehensive immigration reform. if you look at the how right wing media approached it after the 2012 elections it was all about realizing the necessity for immigration reform. for them to go from that to this point where donald trump is essentially dominating the political conversation for four weeks it stra on comments in which he accused mexican immigrants on being rapists is incredibly wor i haveryisome for the party and baffling the distance we've traveled from 2012 to this point. if i was priebus i would have a conversation with trump. the problem, of course is that these conversations never stay in a vacuum. they blow up and so you have donald trump taking to tweeter to twitter to refute them. >> as you know other gop candidates are criticized for not having weighed in on this debate more quickly. how much damage does republican party think he's already done in this regard? >> i suppose they could have weighed in more quickly. it does say som
if you look at comments john boehner made after the 2012 elections it was about, you know showing an attitude toward the possibility of comprehensive immigration reform. if you look at the how right wing media approached it after the 2012 elections it was all about realizing the necessity for immigration reform. for them to go from that to this point where donald trump is essentially dominating the political conversation for four weeks it stra on comments in which he accused mexican immigrants...
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chris jansing, i want to play for all of us, what michael steele, former aide, republican aide to john boehner, had to say yesterday when we were reviewing how he handled the afghanistan speech. this is what michael steele said yesterday on this program. >> i think my worst nightmare is that he'll continue to veer back and forth to whiplash people, going from dr. jekyll to mr. hyde. a responsible, rational policy, does that always have to be followed by lashing out in an irrational and unproductive way? >> so true to form, chris jansing, the president last night, as katie was saying, and it is true that arizona, that arizona moment after the mexico trip, was just one of the worst examples. again last night, foreign policy followed by a rowdy campaign moment. and even, even after his press secretary on air force one had told the press he was not going to mention sheriff arpaio, you saw what he did. >> and at one point, andrea, he said where is john kelly, looking for his chief of staff, brought in specifically to sort of corral him from his worst instincts when he goes out there, veers off scri
chris jansing, i want to play for all of us, what michael steele, former aide, republican aide to john boehner, had to say yesterday when we were reviewing how he handled the afghanistan speech. this is what michael steele said yesterday on this program. >> i think my worst nightmare is that he'll continue to veer back and forth to whiplash people, going from dr. jekyll to mr. hyde. a responsible, rational policy, does that always have to be followed by lashing out in an irrational and...
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me is ron klain, and michael steele, republican adviser and former spokesman for house speaker john boehner. welcome to both of you. does that fix everything, ron? >> no. i mean, look, the fundamental problem is the president couldn't speak out against white supremacy, he didn't speak out against nazis, didn't speak out against racism. and a bunch of words at the top of the speech last night don't fix it. donald trump has to look into the camera and say to the american people, you know what, i was wrong, i apologize, i didn't speak out forcefully against these hateful forces in america. and until he does it, a bunch of just general stuff is not going to fix his problem. >> michael steele, were republicans whom you talked to relieved that he started this speech that way and nervous about tonight in arizona? >> i think absolutely. the speech last night, the opening remarks stopped the bleeding on the charlottesville issue. there was hope that with steve bannon gone, with the more moderate or rational views prevailing inside the west wing that you're going to see more of this from the presiden
me is ron klain, and michael steele, republican adviser and former spokesman for house speaker john boehner. welcome to both of you. does that fix everything, ron? >> no. i mean, look, the fundamental problem is the president couldn't speak out against white supremacy, he didn't speak out against nazis, didn't speak out against racism. and a bunch of words at the top of the speech last night don't fix it. donald trump has to look into the camera and say to the american people, you know...
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john boehner saying that he's going to demand at least 50% of his caucus. is that a holding action while he tries to build support or is this really john boehner saying i can't do it. >> i think there is a legitimate -- he is trying to build support. he's trying to find a majority. he's ruling, he's made this decision that this is how is he going to rule, he is looking for majority and there is not a majority right now among house republicans that really want any sort of realistic path to citizenship. that's the sticking point. the question is, is there is a marco rubio type figure in the house that can do what rubio did in the senate? is it going to be paul ryan? he has not been a guy that likes to do politically unpopular things with the base. we'll see if he does that but the longer this lingers out here, you talk to a lot of people who are getting more and more pessimistic. what's the trigger? what's the forcing mechanic fic -- mechanism on bain sfer. >> the return of eliot spitzer. what is going on in new york city? they've got mike bloomberg fin irgi
john boehner saying that he's going to demand at least 50% of his caucus. is that a holding action while he tries to build support or is this really john boehner saying i can't do it. >> i think there is a legitimate -- he is trying to build support. he's trying to find a majority. he's ruling, he's made this decision that this is how is he going to rule, he is looking for majority and there is not a majority right now among house republicans that really want any sort of realistic path to...
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klain, chief of staff to vice president biden and michael steel, former press secretary to speaker john boehner. he must be the happiest man around. >> happy, happy man. he saw this coming. he called it. looks like the way it is playing out. >> a lot of merlot and golf and other things not connected to repeal and replace. when you look at strategy here though, michael, mitch mcconnell has pulled so many rabbits out of so many hats over the years. and this may be another tactical act of genius, but it looks more like desperation than genius. >> i think that when voters gave republicans control of the house, the senate and unexpectedly the white house last year, they laid out an aggressive strategy to move a partisan repeal and replace effort, only gop votes, using reconciliation process. they felt they owed voters that attempt. it faltered in the house, the house persevered, they did its job. now it looks like casey it probably right they'll fail to get to enough votes for the motion to proceed to get on the bill in the senate. i think this wail probably lead to this being put on the back burner
klain, chief of staff to vice president biden and michael steel, former press secretary to speaker john boehner. he must be the happiest man around. >> happy, happy man. he saw this coming. he called it. looks like the way it is playing out. >> a lot of merlot and golf and other things not connected to repeal and replace. when you look at strategy here though, michael, mitch mcconnell has pulled so many rabbits out of so many hats over the years. and this may be another tactical act...
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both jane boehner and eric kantor said there is not a lot of time to get it done. it's unclear how the losing party on capitol hill will react. there is a lot of balls up in the air and we are fooich months to the election. it'sy in clearer. the mystery thickens. >> thanks so much. you didn't cheer us up, but thanks for the information. mitt romney is calling for armying the rebels, but who are they? the former ambassador is and the party chair send me your thoughts is facebook and twitter. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >> topping the headlines right now, queen elizabeth made a trip to the hospital where her 90-year-old husband is recovering for a bladder infection. he is improved considerably and is in good spirits. he will be home for his 91st birthday this sunday. the space shuttle enterprise passed the statue of liberty in the last leg to the intrepid space museum on the westside. the banks of the hudson river where it made its final approach to the new home. it will have to be
both jane boehner and eric kantor said there is not a lot of time to get it done. it's unclear how the losing party on capitol hill will react. there is a lot of balls up in the air and we are fooich months to the election. it'sy in clearer. the mystery thickens. >> thanks so much. you didn't cheer us up, but thanks for the information. mitt romney is calling for armying the rebels, but who are they? the former ambassador is and the party chair send me your thoughts is facebook and...